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| posted on May 8th, 2003 at 03:03 AM |
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Avis adjuster! HELP
HELP,my beetles got 1 avis adjuster on the top bar,i want to adjust my ride height so the car sits a little higher,when i loosened the locknut and the
allen bolt i thought gravity would pull the front down(front end jacked up)but it didnt Wassup what am i doin wrong? yours sincerely lugnuts. |
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| posted on May 8th, 2003 at 09:23 AM |
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I got an adjuster on each of my front beams. I too was trying to work out which way to screw to raise lower.
What I did was just relax the bolt all the way out - then measure the height of the beam to floor level; then tighten the bolt right up - then measure
again. Then you know which way to screw for higher, and lower.
I had to sit and look at the orientation of the adjusters, and imagine what the leaves were doing inside the beams to understand what was
happening.
Hope this helps a little.
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| posted on May 8th, 2003 at 08:37 PM |
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lugnuts, i have never done this before so i may well be speaking out my @ss but... did you pull the little plate out of the ripples? if so would the
shocks be stopping the wheels from droping? is there anything else that could be holding them up? have you tried putting a little weight on a wheel
(ie jumping up and down on it while cursing in a way that would cause a warfie to blush)?
if that doesn't work... hit it with a hammer 
astro i think you and lugnuts are talking about different types of adjusters.
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| posted on May 8th, 2003 at 08:53 PM |
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wuth the avis to raise the ride hieght release the lock nut, jack the car up to where you want it then tighten the nut.
if you want to lower, it will come crashing down when you release it, if its up high, so use a jack either way.
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| posted on May 9th, 2003 at 01:09 AM |
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The Avis adjustor is designed to lower the car by pulling the top torsion leaves toward the bottom, thereby decreasing the spring force toward the
ground (but giving a much stiffer ride, as the two sets of springs are tight against each other.) You adjust the adjustor up to raise the suspension
(not as effective as the lowering, and causing a very "woozy" performance - you should invest in a set of coil-over shocks for this one.)
Always remember your castor is affected by any difference between the front and rear ride heights.
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| posted on May 9th, 2003 at 03:16 AM |
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Thanks guys lots of good stuff there but still no good.Heres what ive been doing,i jack the car up to get the wheels of the ground,then i get my 22mm
ring on it and loosen the lock nut,then i get my 6mm allen key on the set screw and loosen it then take it off,while all this is going on nuffin
moves,so if nothing moves up or down then i cant adjust the height up or down.Another thing right when im jacking the car body up the wheels are still
on the ground the body is getting higher and higher the wheels are still on the ground and finally the wheels lift up too,so then when i loosen the
locknut you would think the serrated steel would slip down a notch or two but no,something is holding everthing in place.Id ring up Geoff but hes a
man of leisure now,put out to pasture on the mid nth coast. |
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| posted on May 9th, 2003 at 07:57 AM |
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Avis
Do not undo the allen key , Shit follow my previos instruction, lever the teeth apart.
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| posted on May 9th, 2003 at 04:12 PM |
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Rolly yeah i should have said as soon as i loosen the lock nut the teeth dissengage,you would think after the teeth separate there would be some
movement but no, |
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| posted on May 9th, 2003 at 06:36 PM |
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avis
Ok, with car jacked up teeth disengaged , allen screw tight,may-be a little force is needed, knock it upwards or.. Is it already up in the top of the
slot?
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| posted on May 10th, 2003 at 02:31 AM |
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Good idea ile try a hammer,let you know on Monday.:thumb |
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| posted on May 10th, 2003 at 09:07 PM |
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Lugnuts,
I just raised a bug last week with avis`s and had to take the shocks off the lower mounts to get it to raise enough. Then as i lowered
the car back onto the ground i had to crawl under and put the shocks back on, rather tricky. Also, is there any room for "up" adjustment on
your avis. you may be at full up so too speak and only have down adjustment left. To check remove the outside plate and see where grubscrew is located
in the slot. Goodluck. Keith.
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| posted on May 11th, 2003 at 02:37 AM |
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Thanks Keith ile give it a whirl,there should be more room to move it up because when Hellbug did it i said i wanted it lower 5mins later it was
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| posted on May 12th, 2003 at 04:48 AM |
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Fixed,after i pulled the shocks off the lower mounting i got some movement on the adjuster and when i went to pull the bolts from the adjustable
swaybar i got a heap more,so now its 27mm higher and the swaybars on the last of 3 holes and i replaced a nut from a U- clamp which had fallen off,so
i should be a happy camper,thanks to all,seeya Mick. |
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